New

This time of year one needn't go very far to see the beauty of spring.

 Spring brings such hope and encouragement for me.

The sun shines a little warmer and brighter.

The air smells a little sweeter.

Gray days give way to color. 

A gentle reminder that God makes all things new.

Therefore if any man is in Christ

 he is a new creature

the old things are passed away

behold, they are become new.

2 Cor. 5:17

My faults and failures give way to God's unfailing love shown through Christ's redeeming sacrifice...

...beauty from ashes.